biography of Oronzio MALDARELLI (1892-1963)

Birth place: Naples, Italy

Death place: NYC/Townshend, VT?

Addresses: NYC;Townshend, VT

Profession: Sculptor, educator

Studied: CUASch.; NAD; BAID, and abroad.

Exhibited: Salons of Am., 1924; PAFA Ann., 1927-34, 1943-64 (gold med. 1951; prize 1945, 1954, 1956); Midtown Gal., 1933 (solo), 1935 (solo), 1948 (solo); Grand Central A. Gal., 1929, 1947; Sao Paulo, Brazil; S.Indp.A., 1940-42; MMA, 1951; S. Gld.; Paul Rosenberg Gal., NY; PMA; AIC , 1941 (med.); MoMA; Fairmount Park AA, Phila., 1929 (prize), 1933; Arch. Lg., 1954 (silver med.), 1956 (silver med.); WMAA. Awards: Guggenheim F., 1931, 1943; grant, Am. Acad. A. & Let. & NIAL, 1948.

Member: S. Gld.; Nat. Inst. A. & Let. (vice-pres. 1952); Am. Ar. Cong.; Am. Acad. in Rome (trustee); Guggenheim Mem. Fnd. (memb. adv. com.).

Work: Chittenden Memorial, Binghamton; St. George's Chapel, Moheqau, NY; Municipal Bldg., Plainfield, NJ; City Art Mus., St. Louis, Mo.; Federal Post Office Bldg., Wash., DC; USPO, Orange, Mass., Sect. F.A, Fed. Works Agency; CAM; Brookgreen Gardens, SC; AIC; MMA; WMAA; PAFA; VMFA; Munson-Williams-Proctor Inst., Utica, NY; Fairmount Park Assn., Phila.; Newark Mus. A.; Ogunquit Mus. A.; sc., statues, panels, dec., reliefs, P.O. Dept. Bldg., Wash., DC; St. Patrick's Cathedral, NY; Hartford (Conn.) Pub. Lib.; Central Park, NY (bird bath); James Weldon Johnson Houses, NYC. Housing Authority; American Export Lines; St. Bonaventure Col., NY; Portland Cement Co., Allentown, Pa.; Queens Col. Lib.; Saxton's River, Vt.; Home Office Bldg., State Ins. Fund, NY; Domestic Chapel, Loyola Seminary, Shrub Oak, NY; USPO, Orange, Mass.; Lila Van der Smissen medal; Commemorative Bicentennial medal, Columbia Univ.

Comments: Designer: Chas. Peck Warren, Egleston medals. Teaching: prof. sculpture, Columbia Univ., NYC.

Sources: WW59; WW40; Falk, Exh. Record Series.